June 1895.

CONTENTS.

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[The Burial of the Linnet][15]
[Master Fritz][16]
[The Willow-man][21]
[Our Garden][24]
[A Friend in the Garden][30]
[Three Little Nest Birds][32]
[Dolly's Lullaby: A Nursery Rhyme][36]
[A Hero to His Hobby-horse][38]
[The Dolls' Wash][41]
[House-building and Repairs][46]
[The Blue-bells on the Lea][50]
[An Only Child's Tea-party][55]
[Papa Poodle][60]
[Grandmother's Spring][63]
[Big Smith][70]
[Kit's Cradle][74]
[The Mill Stream][76]
[Boy and Squirrel][81]
[Little Master to his Big Dog][84]
[A Sweet Little Dear][86]
[Blue and Red; or, the Discontented Lobster][92]
[The Yellow Fly: A Tale with a Sting in it][104]
[Canada Home][109]
[The Poet and the Brook: a Tale of Transformations][111]
[A Soldier's Children][120]
["Touch him if you Dare:" a Tale of the Hedge][127]
[Mother's Birthday Review][133]
[The Promise][146]
[Convalescence][148]
[The Adventures of an Elf][153]
SONGS FOR MUSIC.
[Serenade][165]
[Maiden with the Gipsy Look][166]
[Ah! Would I Could Forget][168]
[Madrigal][170]
[The Elleree: A Song of Second Sight][171]
[Faded Flowers][174]
[Speed Well][175]
[How Many Years Ago?][177]
["With a Difference"][179]
[The Lily of the Lake][180]
[From Fleeting Pleasures: a Requiem for One Alive][182]
[The Runaway's Return][184]
[Fancy Free: A Girl's Song][186]
[My Love's Gift][188]
[Anemones][190]
[Autumn Leaves][191]
HYMNS.
[Confirmation][195]
[Whitsuntide][197]
[Christmas Wishes: a Carol][199]
[Teach Me. (From the Danish)][201]

VERSES FOR CHILDREN.

THE BURIAL OF THE LINNET.

Found in the garden—dead in his beauty.
Ah! that a linnet should die in the spring!
Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty,
Muffle the dinner-bell, solemnly ring.